STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Victoria Biagini, 83, of Eltingville, the loving matriarch of three generations of family, died Saturday in Richmond Center for Rehabilitation and Specialty Healthcare, in Stapleton.

Born Victoria Ianno in Red Hook, Brooklyn, she graduated from Manual Training High School. She and Edward Biagini married in April 1950 in Brooklyn. She later moved to Fort Myers, Fla., and settled in Eltingville in 2002.

Mrs. Biagini enjoyed being a housewife and treasured time with her family. She loved to cook and crochet, and enjoyed shopping with her daughters, visiting her children and grandchildren in Florida, and going out to eat with her family. She also had a soft spot for coffee and cake, her family said.

In Brooklyn, she was a parishioner of Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary R.C. Church. On the Island, she attended Holy Child R.C. Church, Eltingville.

Edward Sr., her husband of 23 years, died in 1973.

Surviving are her sons, Edward Jr., Albert, Harold and John; her daughters, Mary and Judy Biagini; nine grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be Thursday from the Casey-McCallum-Rice South Shore Funeral Home, Great Kills, with a mass at 10 a.m. in Holy Child Church. Burial will follow in Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale.